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• Kadena joins in sending aid to Philippines AFNS 16 Nov 2013 -- Following the devastation throughout the Philippines, due to Super Typhoon Haiyan, which hit six central islands Nov. 8, Kadena Air Base has joined the U.S. Pacific Command in the effort to deliver aide to the country.
• Kadena Air Base Supports Philippines Relief Effort AFPS 16 Nov 2013 -- U.S. military members here are assisting efforts to deliver aid to the Philippines following the devastation caused by Typhoon Haiyan.
• George Washington Strike Group Members Assist Filipinos AFPS 16 Nov 2013 -- In the small village of Guiuan, located in Eastern Samar province, villagers lined up outside the gate of a runway awaiting food, water and medical supplies to be delivered by helicopters from the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington.
• Operation Damayan 7th Fleet Update NNS 16 Nov 2013 -- Here is the Nov 16th (1000 India time) Seventh Fleet update for Operation Damayan.
• Blast Near Afghan Loya Jirga Compound Kills Six RFE/RL 16 Nov 2013 -- Police say a bomb has exploded near the venue where thousands of influential Afghan figures will gather next week to debate a key U.S.-Afghan security pact.

Defense Policy / Programs

• Dempsey: Military Battles Against Fiscal Uncertainty AFPS 16 Nov 2013 -- The U.S. military, the most formidable force on the globe, is being challenged by the current fiscal uncertainty amid a changing world, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said today during his speech at the Reagan National Security Forum held at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
• Hagel Focuses on Readiness at Reagan Library Speech AFPS 16 Nov 2013 -- Long-term preparedness and near-term readiness are being affected by sequestration and America ignores this rise in risk at its peril, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in California today.
• Readout of Secretary Hagel's Call with Egyptian Minister of Defense General Al-Sisi DoD 16 Nov 2013
• 1/11 supports Integrated Training Exercise USMC News 16 Nov 2013 -- Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment supported 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment and 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment during the Integrated Training Exercise 1-14 in an artillery suppression exercise aboard the Combat Center Nov. 12 and 13, 2013.
• USS Freedom (LCS 1) Gets Underway From Singapore For Final Time NNS 16 Nov 2013 -- USS Freedom (LCS 1) departed Singapore's Changi Naval Base, Nov. 16, for the final time as part of her maiden overseas deployment to Southeast Asia.
• TR's Crash and Salvage Team Stands Ready to Save Lives NNS 16 Nov 2013 -- A thin sheen of steam from the catapults clouds the flight deck aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). Beneath the steam, the deck is filled with the choreographed movements of Sailors, aircraft and other vehicles.
• Harris Presents Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy to VP- 9 NNS 16 Nov 2013 -- Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, presented the 'Golden Eagles' of Patrol Squadron (VP) 9 the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy during a ceremony at Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 15.
• Russia Passes Refitted Aircraft Carrier to India After 5-Year Delay RIA Novosti 16 Nov 2013 -- Russia handed over to India its aircraft carrier renamed INS Vikramaditya on Saturday after a much-delayed refit and cost escalations that led to disagreements between Moscow and New Delhi.

Defense Industry

Other Conflicts

• Lavrov says Iran must take part in Geneva II Conference on Syria IRNA 16 Nov 2013 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that Iran must take part in the initial stage of the Geneva-2 international peace conference for Syria, the Voice of Russia correspondent said.
• Syria's Opposition Says No Preconditions for Geneva Talks Success RIA Novosti 16 Nov 2013 -- Syria's main opposition group said Saturday it sees no preconditions for the success of the international peace talks in Geneva aimed at ending Syria's conflict.
• Death toll from violence in Libya's Tripoli climbs to over 40 Iran Press TV 16 Nov 2013 -- More than 40 people have been killed and over 400 other injured in two days of deadly clashes between protesters and militiamen across the Libyan capital city of Tripoli.
• UN mission urges maximum restraint after deadly clashes in Libyan capital UN News Centre 16 Nov 2013 -- The United Nations mission in Libya strongly condemned the violence which took place in the capital, Tripoli, on Friday that led to the loss of civilian lives and called for maximum restraint and an end to bloodshed in the country.
• 100 killed in Sudan tribal clashes Iran Press TV 16 Nov 2013 -- One hundred people, including Chadian soldiers, have been killed in tribal clashes in the Darfur region of western Sudan.
• Haiti: UN peacekeeping mission voices concern at recent violence in several cities UN News Centre 16 Nov 2013 -- The United Nations peacekeeping mission in Haiti today voiced its concern at recent incidents of violence in several cities and urged everyone in the country to work towards ensuring a peaceful society.
• UN chief calls for peaceful holding of Nepal's Constituent Assembly polls UN News Centre 16 Nov 2013 -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appealed to all stakeholders in Nepal to conclude the upcoming Constituent Assembly elections peacefully so the country can proceed with the urgent task of drafting a new constitution.
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News Reports

• Army official: Nuclear talks, a mean to prove Iran's rightful views IRNA 16 Nov 2013 -- Deputy Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Brigadier General Masoud Jazayeri said Iran can prove its rightful views to the world through the nuclear negotiations.
• Russia's Lavrov Says 'Good Chance' of Nuclear Deal with Iran RIA Novosti 16 Nov 2013 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian television Saturday that the world powers and Iran have no fundamental disagreements now and there is a "very good chance" of clinching a long-sought deal on Tehran's nuclear program.
• Taiwan sends officials to Gambia to communicate on ties CNA 16 Nov 2013 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent officials 'of an appropriate level' to The Gambia for direct communication after President Yahya Jammeh said the west African country was severing ties with Taiwan, sources said Saturday.
• Lukashenka Fells Longtime Ally, Leaving Belarus-Watchers Stumped RFE/RL 15 Nov 2013 -- On November 30, 2012, Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka took a tour of the Borisovdrev timber mill in central Minsk Oblast. He didn't like what he saw.